TRANSPORT EXPERT ADVICE
The Estée Lauder Companies EXPERT ADVICE
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With ELC transitioning its corporate fleet of vehicles to electric, Nancy Mahon outlines the company’s roadmap for hitting its 2030 target
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ast month, The Estée Lauder Companies (ELC) revealed ambitious plans to transition 100% of its global corporate fleet of vehicles to electric by 2030. As part of this commitment, it became the first company in prestige beauty to join the Climate Group’s EV100 initiative, which brings together companies who are committed to accelerating the transition to electric vehicles (EV). Nancy Mahon, Senior Vice President, Global Corporate Citizenship and Sustainability at The Estée Lauder Companies, tells Cosmetics Business exactly how ELC plans to achieve this and the impact this will have on the company’s Scope 1 emissions.
What are the benefits of The Estée Lauder Companies (ELC) joining EV100?
By joining EV100 and transitioning to 100% electric vehicles in our corporate fleet, The Estée Lauder Companies will contribute to our science-based emissions targets and gain access to resources, insights and best practice sharing with peer companies that have also made electric fleet commitments. It will also allow ELC to have greater transparency and reporting behind our EV 2030 goal, and give us a role in increasing demand and driving mass roll-out that will help to make electric vehicles more rapidly accessible and affordable for everyone.
How large is ELC’s corporate fleet & what kinds of vehicles does it entail? How long will the process of transitioning to EVs take? ELC’s global corporate fleet is made up of approximately 2,200 owned and contracted vehicles, and will include battery electric vehicles (BEV) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. We are taking a thoughtful market based approach to transitioning our fleet, focusing first on mature markets to gain insights on the transition, and in
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Nancy Mahon, Senior Vice President, Global Corporate Citizenship and Sustainability, The Estée Lauder Companies Nancy Mahon has deep experience in global strategy, branding and management of high-growth companies
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How does the company’s transition roadmap look for EVs? We have officially begun
particular on the employee experience. We will use these pilots to scale up our transition and expand to additional markets as electric vehicles and EV infrastructure become developed.
What infrastructure changes will have to be undertaken at ELC-owned sites to facilitate this transition?
ELC will continue to invest in its existing electrification infrastructure with installations of EV charging stations across many of ELC’s owned facilities worldwide, including Melville, New York; Blaine, Minnesota; Petersfield, United Kingdom; Markham, Ontario; and our newest state-of-the-art distribution centre in Galgenen, Switzerland.
Our Melville facility has already started hosting educational events with Drive Electric Long Island, of which ELC is a partner.
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ELC is helping drive demand for the adoption of electric vehicles
implementation of a roadmap to meet this commitment by 2030, and within our Europe, Middle East and Africa regions, we’ve already ordered EVs for testing and deployment. We will continue to partner with local site managers to expand the necessary resources to support our fleet, and take cues from EV-mature markets to ensure a smooth transition globally.
What is a Scope 1 GHG footprint & how will changing its corporate fleet to EVs help ELC reduce this? Scope 1 emissions describe direct emissions from sources owned or controlled by an organisation, including things like fuel burned in onsite boilers or emissions from company-owned or controlled vehicles. ELC’s global corporate fleet emissions are part of its Scope 1 footprint, and transitioning away from traditional internal combustion engine vehicles to electric vehicles will reduce the company’s Scope 1 footprint and contribute to achieving its 2030 Scope 1 and 2 science-based target (SBT).
How is ELC encouraging its partner companies to do the same?
In joining the Climate Group’s EV100 initiative, ELC is helping drive demand for the adoption of electric vehicles and setting an example for its industry and the wider business community to do the same. ELC is also furthering its efforts to reduce emissions from transportation and distribution activities that contribute to its Scope 3 footprint. Efforts to move to low-emissions vehicles are underway in partnership with its third-party partners and suppliers, like the transition of local transportation vehicles from diesel trucks to EVs in regions such as Canada and Switzerland
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